Contessa blushed and walked over to him as she listened to him speak. They had more in common than she thought. "You were in such a rush to fix yourself. I would have liked you either way Daylen, even if you don't believe me." she said quietly and chuckled softly when he mentioned wanting her to be happy. "And I want you to be happy Daylen. I know it might sound silly, but I will do whatever it takes to make you happy." she admitted shyly and wanted to hug him but decided not to since she didn't want to hurt him if his body was sensitive.

Daylen just smiled at her. He would have to agree with that. "I was not rushing in a way, I just needed a test subject and I fit the requirement at the time." Though he rather her be happy over himself. He was use to being alone and hated, she came from a loving family that was always by her. Sirus and their mother loved him but the rarely visited due to him alienating everyone as a child. "I rather your happiness came first. It's more important to me." Daylen just looked at the study it was rather clean, all it needed was a good dusting and sweeping. "I'll finish the rest." He took her hand softly into his and lead to her to door, where he took the crate with them. He lead her to his room and to the closet. He let go of her hand and opened a drawer for her. It had all his old clothes in it. "Shower is through that door. I will be in the kitchen after I finish the study." He told her before leaving her with her pet to finish the study.

Contessa smiled, even at such a young age he was very involved with his work, it was admirable really. Well your happiness is important to me. she thought to herself and followed him out of the study and to his room. The memory this room held wasn't a pleasant one. A blush came to her face as she remembered the incident and quickly looked into the drawer of clothes. "Oh...okay, thank-you." she said quietly and watched him leave and looked down at little no name. Picking him up carefully in her hands, she placed him on her shoulder and smiled. "Well then, I suppose I should shower now. Let's see what we can find. Pants...and more pants. Oh and long sleeved shirts, I'll look just like Daylen. If Sirus saw me in these I wonder what he would think." she said to her little pet and chuckled as she decided on a pair of dark pants and a white long sleeved button up shirt. "I...I think I will only need this right?" she asked herself and closed the drawer carefully before placing no name back into his crate. "Wait here, I promise I won't be long." she whispered and pet it softly a few times before placing the crate in the middle of the bed and walked in through the door that led to the shower. The blush on her face wouldn't leave as she stared at the shower, then at the clothes which she had now placed on the counter. "Oh dear..." she sighed and got undressed before starting up a warm shower and stepping inside.

It didn't take long to dust the study and sweep the floor, he would touch it up later tomorrow after he filled the order placed by the Vampire's lapdog. Once he had finished the study, Daylen went into the kitchen. He washed his hands thoroughly before peeling a few potatoes. He shredded the freshly washed and peeled potatoes with a cheese grater. He placed them into a pot and started to boil them. Once they were cooked but still crisped, Daylen drained them and rinsed them with cold water. He placed the potatoes into two bowls and sprinkled them with a little salt. He peeled a clove of garlic before crushing then chopping it finely. He placed a small amount on the potatoes. He took out a saucepan put little oil and started to warm it. Once it was warm he placed some peppercorn into the oil. He waited till the aroma filled the kitchen before removing the peppercorn from the oil. He lightly poured the oil over the potatoes before taking chopsticks and mixing the shreds of potatoes. He was debating on what he should make with the potatoes as he went to the refrigerator, looking for anything that called out.

Contessa sighed under the water as she rinsed out the soap from her hair and moved on to lathering her body in soap. She took the most time with her arms though, especially her metallic one. She could take it off if she chose to but she never liked doing that. Besides, it would feel weird to ask Daylen to help her put it back on. She could just imagine the look of confusion if she ever did that. Finishing up, she stood beneath the warm water again and rinsed off the soap from her body. Making sure there was no soap left anywhere, she shut off the water and grabbed one of the white towels to dry herself off and her hair then placed it to the side as she picked up her bra and panties and put them back on. It was unhygienic but it was all she had. Taking the clean pants, Contessa slipped them on, zipped the zipper and buttoned the button. They fit rather nicely, a little loose but that was fine. Contessa slipped on the white long sleeved shirt and carefully buttoned it up before staring at herself in the mirror. It all fit nicely, and she looked nice. Well she thought so anyway. Her hair was a mess, but where was a brush? She couldn't find one so she did her best to fix it with her hands before she picked up her dress and the towel and walked out to the room where little no name was waiting for her. "I'm sorry if I took long little guy. She carefully picked up the crate in one hand and used the other to open the door and close it behind her, heading right to the kitchen where Daylen said he'd be.

He had finally decided on simple stripes of breaded chicken with the potatoe shreds. He washed and cut the chicken into strips. With a cover of seasoned whisked eggs, Italian seasoned breadcrumbs and flour, he fried the breaded strips of chicken. Placing them nicely on a plate near the potatoes. He was cleaning up when he saw Contessa enter the kitchen. He smiled as he placed a glass of tea near her food and his coffee near his. He was warming up a small cup of milk for her little pet. "You look nice dress like that Miss Contessa." He said softly to her. Daylen just took the warm milk off the stove and poured it into a bowl with the eyedropper near it. He rinsed the pot out before setting it with the other dirty dishes. He stacked them neatly in the sink for his maid. "I hope you're hungry." He said shyly.

"I will take my dress and the towel back home and wash them. I'll bring back your towel tomorrow I promise." Contessa started and blushed at his compliment. "You...You really think so Daylen?" she asked and smiled. That was a good thing right? He wasn't just saying that because he didn't want her too much skin right? No, Daylen didn't look like that kind of person. The smell in the kitchen was a delightful one and she looked forward to eating with him. "Very actually." she confessed and carefully pet no name's head gently as he stared at her with his yellow eyes. "You're so cute." she said to him and giggled.

Daylen just smiled and nodded, though if she wanted to. He wouldn't stop her from using his laundry room. "I do. They fit you perfectly, well a little baggy but still a lovely look for you." He said sweetly. "Well then, have a seat. Afterwards if you still want, I can introduce you to my familiar." He motioned for her to take a seat. "I hope you like oriental food. It's another recipe I picked up from over seas." He told her softly. He set her a silverware on a napkin for her near her bowl. Daylen however would just use chopsticks out of habit eating the meal. He always used them for oriental meals. "I also made dinner for the little guy." He said softly as he looked at the active creature in the crate. He smiled watching it move about, trying to figure out it's surrounding.

The blush on her face couldn't be any brighter from his words, "Th-Thank-you kindly Daylen." she stuttered nervously and nodded, quickly taking her seat and smiling at her food. "I would really like to meet them." she replied softly and sighed happily at the scent from her food. "It smells lovely Daylen!" she chimed happily. Thanking him, she looked over at no name and panicked. "Careful no name. Are you thirsty?" she asked her little pet and picked up the eyedropper and dipped it in the warm milk, filling it up before carefully starting to feed her little pet. "There you go. It's good isn't it?" she asked warmly and smiled. "I think he likes it." she commented to Daylen and picked up her spoon and ate a spoonful of the food happily then fed her pet some more of the warm milk through the eyedropper.

Daylen just watched as Contessa fed her pet happily. Perhaps the next one he would bring to life would be a female. It might be nice to have the majestic creature back into the world. He took a small bite of his potatoes and chicken. He couldn't help but wonder how his familiar would react to her. It wouldn't even let Sirus in the room without trying to attack him. After he chewed his food and swallowed, Daylen spoke in his normal soft tone. "A little warning about my familiar. They are a very rare breed. She isn't friendly to anyone but me really. I'm told by the Elders that only really powerful sorcerers were able to tame her kind, I don't think thats the case but that is what they say." He mixed his potatoes with his chopsticks. "Let me try to calm her down first. Aoidē, Mnēmē and Meletē are very aggressive when they meet new people." He told her softly.

Contessa continued eating and feeding her small pet while listening to what Daylen had to say about his familiar. So his familiar was a female, and judging from what he said she wasn't very friendly towards people other than Daylen which made perfect sense. Other people were strangers and Daylen was not. Nodding and taking a sip of her tea, she swallowed. "I see. Sounds scary and dangerous but understandable at the same time. I know they won't like me right away, but perhaps as time passes they can accept me." she replied honestly. Contessa didn't want to force anyone or anything to like her, it all had to happen at a comfortable pace. "Interesting names by the way, I don't think I ever heard them before. They sound lovely though." she commented.

Daylen just moved the potatoes around the bowl with his chopsticks. "They're the names of the three original Muses in the Greek mythology. I found it fitting for them." He smiled softly as he looked at his bowl. "She is very dangerous, I'm not sure why they chose me. When I first met them, they were destroying the cruise ship we were on." He smiled remembering how they ripped it apart, board by board. "While people were screaming and running in fear. Sirus tried to defend me when they caught sight of us, however they would have ate him if I didn't stop them. For some reason they listened to my words. They had been attacking every ship that came close to the island of Gods, thankfully no one got hurt that time." He set his bowl down and looked at Contessa. "She has been with me ever since." She was just protecting something on the island, whatever it was she brought with her. Daylen never even asked, he just let her be, visiting her from time to time.

"Oh that's really interesting!" Contessa agreed and ate quietly as she listened to Daylen's story about his familiar. She was just glad to know that no one got hurt. This familiar was obviously very dangerous and probably protecting something, but what? Perhaps another creature it had became friends with? The possibilities were endless and it was best that no one knew the answer to it. "That's incredible, I'm just glad no one was hurt." Contessa started and fed some more milk to her pet. "It is no wonder they are close to you, they felt a connection that day and still do, very interesting." she said softly. How did a familiar choose someone? Was it just at random or was there a certain element to being chosen? "I don't think you are meant to know why they chose you, I don't think anyone will ever know." Contessa commented softly.

Daylen just nodded in agreement. "I believe you're right Miss Contessa. I don't think we'll ever know why a familiar choses the sorceror. My theory however, is that the special bond you create with a familiar has to do with each other's souls, basically soul mates in a way." He told her softly. The bond was unbreakable with any familiar and sorcerer, some did mistreat their familiars like his cousins. "Not only do our familiars guide us, but they show you what kind of sorcerer you'll be. As you could see, Sirus' familiar is rather playful. The tarantula is very common familiar, it symbolizes a strong heart and thick headedness, also slightly over average magic." He told her smiling softly. It really did represent his twin accurately.

Contessa finished up her food and nodded at what Daylen said. It sounded like a pretty good theory since it made sense. Finishing up her tea, Contessa swallowed and smiled. "I think that's a good theory Daylen, sounds logical." she commented. She wasn't very smart when it came to theories and scientific stuff, but she always assumed that if it made sense then it was right. Sirus was very thick headed, but that wasn't really a bad thing sometimes. She still didn't forget the mean prank he pulled on her, and yet she couldn't really hate him and she was sure Daylen didn't hate him either for all the pranks he played on him. "What does your Familiar symbolize?" she asked curiously as she fed the rest of the milk carefully to her pet.

Daylen just looked at Contessa, as she spoke and cared for the little creature. "My familiar?" He repeated softly. "Well it's extremely rare. Only two before me ever tamed one. It is a hybrid. It symbolizes the same as both of its ancestors. It's Griffon side symbolizes creation. It's caring and strong minded. While the Hydra side symbolizes destruction. It's powerful and distant. Both are far more powerful than average magic, the combination means extraordinary magic unlike any other." He just smiled weakly to her. "I believe that some mistakes are made in that area. Perhaps my familiar believes in too much from me." He said softly. He knew that his brother would highly disagree with those words but he felt that they did. "Maybe it's from my ancestor's blood flowing in me. The other two that tamed the rare creature were both di Pavia family members. Very powerful sorcerers in their days." He said softly to Contessa.

The familiar represented Daylen perfectly, it was impressive. "That's very interesting. Daylen you have extraordinary magic too you know. You were creating tonics to restore body parts at a young age. You gave me my eye back, and you created no name here. I don't know anyone who can do the things you do." she said softly. Why did he doubt himself? "I'm not very smart with these things, but I think that your familiar chose you for who you are. Who you are as a person, as an individual. You are not your ancestors, you are Daylen di Pavia and you are very bright even if you choose not to admit just how bright you are. I think your familiar can see all that and it is why it chose you out of everyone else on that ship." she said and shrugged. "As I said before though, I don't know these things." Contessa repeated and finished feeding her pet.

Daylen just kept his weaken smiled. Potions and tonics were merely an art similar to cooking, at least to him. He didn't think any skills besides the basics were needed there. He couldn't help but replace the weak smiled with his normal one. Contessa's words were sweet even if he himself didn't believe that he had extraordinary magic. He just watched as she fed the little creature in the crate. He would agree with the destruction part, however, his abilities could be very destructive if he allowed them to be. When she finished feeding the little creature, Daylen just watched it continued on his curious path to discovering its surroundings. "Would you like to met my familiar now?" He asked her softly. It may take a while but maybe in time they would like Contessa.

Contessa smiled warmly, noticing the weak smile on Daylen's face. It was obvious to her that he didn't accept any form or praise or compliments very well, he doubted himself and she really didn't like that but she wasn't going to make a fuss about it either. When all the milk finished, Contessa pet her little pet and nodded at what Daylen said. "Yes, I would like that." she said and gathered the dishes, placing them carefully in the sink to be washed later by his maid. That was something that she'd have to get used to, having a maid to clean up after them. She'd get used to it eventually, at least she hoped so anyway. "So you have it in your indoor pool?" she asked, surprised to know that he had an indoor pool.

Daylen just nodded to her question. "Yes, I fixed it to her liking. It looks more like a indoor swamp then a pool." He told her softly. "I still have the outdoor one if you like to swim." He gently took her hand and the crate with his free hand before leading her out of the kitchen and to the far east of the manor. He set the crate on a table a few feet in front of two large doors. It was safer for the infant to stay outside in the hallway. He let go of her hand before holding one of his index fingers to his lips. She needed to be quiet for a little while he calmed his familiar so she could met her. He took Contessa's hand once more before opening the doors.

Daylen closed the doors behind them and left Contessa by the doors. The room was muggy, dark as if it was dusk. Plants filled the room to give it the swamp feeling, a small amount of fo moved around his feet as he walked in deeper. He whistled lightly into the room. Once he stopped several feet away but still in view of Contessa. A mumbled from trees began to fill the room. Three white heads with long dragon like horns came from the leaves it the trees. He smiled seeing the body emerge from the water. The plain white creature had heads similar to a griffin, feathers faded from the heads into white scales the further you moved down the necks. A tuft of feathers rested on it's shoulders and tip of it's tail. It had long feathered wings covering from it's side. She was rather beautiful.

The creature was large compared to Daylen, one head alone was nearly as tall as him. He smiled when the middle head nudged his chest lightly. The other two following suit to his sided. He lightly touched the creatures heads. "Hello my loves." He said lightly petting all three of them. He gave them a kiss when they asked for one by tilting their head towards him. "Aoidē, Mnēmē, Meletē." He addressed them sweetly as he patted the one he called the name to. He smoothed out their soft feathers. They seemed to be in a good mood today.

Contessa smiled and nodded, understanding that she had to be quiet for now. While she was quiet, her eyes looked around at her surroundings. The place looked pretty frightening and she was going to make sure to avoid entering this room from now on. Unless of course, Daylen was with her. She looked back over to where Daylen stood and smiled as she watched in silence. She focused her eyes on him as he continued walking deeper into the room and raised an eyebrow when he whistled. She was just now noticing that his familiar wasn't here, so it was probably hiding or sleeping. Whatever it was doing, she saw the movement in the trees and held her breath, scared to see what would emerge.

When she saw the three heads pop out from behind the leaves, she covered her mouth and remained absolutely still. Oh my goodness! It's huge! she thought to herself. Now she knew why he referred to his familiar as they and them. It was three in one and very beautiful. Sirus was probably jealous that Daylen got the pretty familiar. It didn't matter because they were both scary too. Contessa smiled behind her hands at how Daylen interacted with them, he was so sweet to them it was adorable to watch. She wondered which one was the nicer one and if they ever fought amongst themselves.

A soft smile came to his face as he pet the three. "I like you girls to meet someone, behave yourselves loves." Daylen made sure the middle head looked at him as he spoke. "That means you Mnēmē." He told her firmly. She just snuggled to him happily. He turned to Contessa and smiled sweetly to her. The three hydra heads looked at her, they began to growl darkly. Instantly Daylen looked at the familiars. "None of that. She is my future bride and you will behave yourselves in her presence." He spoke to them sternly. He rarely talked to them in that matter only when he meant it. They slowly stopped growling and continued to glare at Contessa. Daylen just weakly smiled at Contessa. "Sorry, they're really not social. The left one is Aoidē, the middle is Mnēmē, and the right one is Meletē." He said introducing the Hydra who just snarled at Contessa. Daylen just looked at the hydra plainly. "What did I say?" He asked them softly. They pouted as they laid their heads on him, basically burying him in their feathers.

Contessa swallowed the scream that threatened to escape her lips. This was terrifying and they were looking at her! She felt the color leave her face but she slowly made her way towards them. "H-Hello there. It is very nice to meet you three. Daylen has told me a lot about you, I can tell you're all very close." she said politely and smiled at them, showing them that she meant no harm. A small chuckle escaped her lips when she saw Daylen buried in their feathers. "You girls d-don't need to worry about me, I promise to give you your space. I do not wish to upset you three in any way." she explained honestly, wondering if they were even listening. "They're very beautiful." she whispered to Daylen.

Daylen just got pushed down onto the dirty ground as they added all their weight onto him. Somehow he managed to turn around on his back. They were staring darkly at Contessa while hiding him from her in their feathers. "Get off of me." He muffled through the feathers. Mnēmē lift her head off of him before biting his pant's leg, she lifted back up forcing Daylen to hang upside down from the pant's leg. His face was plain. "This is the other reason why I don't introduce them to people." He told Contessa just as plainly as the look on his face. The other two heads began to snuggle with him as he hung upside down. "Stop it, and put me down." He told his familiar, they were trying to take him from their sister. It was very embarrassing that they were trying to claim him and hide him from Contessa. Daylen folded his arms over his chest when he noticed their wings beginning to spread. "Don't you do it." He told the hydra, he wasn't playing.

Contessa gasped when Daylen was pushed down onto the ground. "Oh dear..." she said to herself as she watched. She wanted to help him but she had to stay away since his familiar didn't like her being so close. "W-well I can tell they really love you very much Daylen." she said softly and looked up at him as he hung upside down. She could tell he wasn't liking this at all and wished she could do something to help. "M-may I get my future husband back please girls?" she asked politely. "I do not think they like to share you Daylen, and I completely understand, I wouldn't want to come between a beautiful friendship." Contessa assured and chuckled softly. Daylen looked pretty funny right now and if Sirus were here, he'd probably take a picture.